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Alaska’s Wild West

Alaska’s Wild West

Adventure and history await discovery across the Last Frontier State.   Several years ago, I was a long-term substitute teacher in the Yup’ik...

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With a Gun on Her Hip

With a Gun on Her Hip

Allie Earp was armed after the OK Corral. March 20, 1882. A train carrying members of the Earp family was leaving the Tucson train station en route...

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City of Dreams

City of Dreams

The odds are good that a visitor to Nome, Alaska—landed as a cruise ship passenger or spectator of the Iditarod race finish—will pause before an...

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Ho! Ho! Ho!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Sweet treats were greatly anticipated and appreciated at Christmastime on the American frontier. Allie Earp recalled how much her husband, Virgil,...

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